Vayu Purana

यश्चक्रं वर्तयत्येको मनुष्याणां मनोमयम्। मनुष्ये स कथं बुद्धिं चक्रे चक्रभृतां वरः ।। ३५.

He who alone turns the mind-made wheel of humans—how did he, the best among those who bear the wheel, create wisdom in mankind?

गोपायनं यः कुरुते जगतां सार्व्वलौकिकम्। स कथं गां गतो विष्णुर्गोपमन्वकरोत्प्रभुः ।। ३५.

He who makes the tending of cows universal among all worlds—how did Vishnu, the lord, go to the cows and become a cowherd?

महाभूतानि भूतात्मा यो ददार चकार ह। श्रीगर्भः स कथं गर्भे स्त्रिया भूचरया धृतः ।। ३५.

He who, as the soul of beings, divided and created the great elements—how was he, the bearer of fortune, held in the womb of a woman on earth?

येन लोकान् क्रमैर्जित्त्वा त्रिभिस्त्रींस्त्रिदशेप्सया। स्थापिता जगतो मार्गास्त्रिवर्गप्रवरास्त्रयः ।। ३५.

He who, conquering worlds step by step with three strides, established the paths of the universe—the three supreme aims of life.

योऽन्तकाले जगत्पीत्वा कृत्वा तोयमयं वपुः। लोकमेकार्णवं चक्रे दृश्यादृश्येन वर्त्मना ।। ३५.

He who, at the end of time, drank up the world, taking a form made of water, made the world into a single ocean by a visible and invisible path.

यः पुराणे पुराणात्मा वाराहं वपुरास्थितः। ददौ जित्त्वा वसुमतीं सुराणां सुरसत्तमः ।। ३५.

He who, ancient in the ancient times, took the form of a boar, conquered and gave the earth to the gods, the best among the gods.

येन सैंहं वपुः कृत्वा द्विधाकृत्वा च यत्पुनः। पूर्व्वदैत्यो महावीर्य्यो हिरण्यकशिपुर्हतः ।। ३५.

He who, having taken a lion's form and then dividing it again, slew the former mighty demon Hiranyakashipu.

यः पुरा ह्यनलो भूत्वा और्व्वः संवर्त्तको विभुः। पातालस्थोऽर्णवगतः पपौ तोयमयं हविः ।। ३५.

He who, having formerly become the fire called Aurva, the all-pervading Samvartaka, dwelling in the netherworld, entered the ocean and drank the sacrificial offering made of water.

सहस्रचरणं देवं सहस्रांशुं सहस्रशः। सहस्रशिरसं देवं यमाहुर्वै युगे युगे ।। ३५.

The god whom they call, in every age, the thousand-footed, thousand-rayed, thousand-headed deity.

नाभ्यारण्याः समुद्भूतं यस्य पैतामहं गृहम्। एकार्णवगते लोके तत्पङ्कजमपङ्कजम् ।। ३५.

From whose navel-forest arose the ancestral abode, and when the world was covered by a single ocean, that lotus, the unsoiled lotus, appeared.

येन ते निहता दैत्याः संग्रामे तारकामये। सर्व्वदेवमयं कृत्वा सर्वायुधधरं वपुः ।। ३५.

By whom the Daityas were slain in the battle of Tārakāmaya, having assumed a form composed of all the gods, bearing every kind of weapon.

गरुडस्थेन चोत्सिक्तः कालनेमिर्निपातितः। उत्तरांशे समुद्रस्य क्षीरोदस्यामृतोदधेः। यः शेते शाश्वतं योगमास्थाय तिमिरं महत् ।। ३५.

Mounted upon Garuḍa, he drenched and struck down Kālanemi on the northern shore of the ocean of milk, the immortal sea; he who lies there, having entered into eternal meditation, amidst the great darkness.

पुराणी गर्भमधत्त दिव्यं तपःप्रकर्षाददितिः पुरा यम्। शक्रञ्च यो दैत्यगणावरुद्धं गर्भावमानेन भृशं चकार ।। ३५.

Aditi of old bore him in her womb, radiant through the intensity of her divine austerity; he who, while still in the womb, greatly humbled Indra, who was beset by the hosts of Daityas.

यदानिलो लोकपदानि हृत्वा चकार दैत्यान् सलिलेशयांस्तान् । कृत्वादिदेवस्त्रिदिवस्य देवांश्चक्रे सुरेशं पुरुहूतमेव ।। ३५.

When the wind carried away the abodes of the worlds and cast the Daityas into the waters, the primeval god made the gods of heaven and established Puruhūta as their lord.

गार्हपत्येन विधिना अन्वाहार्य्येण कर्म्मणा। अग्निमाहवनीयञ्च वेदिञ्चैव कुशस्रवम् ।। ३५.

He established the gārhapatya fire according to rule, the anvāhārya ritual, the āhavanīya fire, and the sacrificial altar called Kuśaśrava.

प्रोक्षणीयं स्रुवञ्चैव अवभृथं तथैव च। अथ त्रीनिह यश्चक्रे हव्यभाग प्रदान्मखे ।। ३५.

He made the sprinkling vessel, the ladle, the avabhṛtha bath, and also here performed the threefold offering of oblations in the sacrifice.

हव्यादांश्च सुरांश्चक्रे कव्यादांश्च पितॄनपि। भोगार्थं यज्ञविधिना यो यज्ञो यज्ञकर्म्मणि ।। ३५.

He assigned the oblations to the gods and the offerings to the ancestors, for the sake of enjoyment, according to the rite of sacrifice; he is the sacrifice in sacrificial acts.

यूपान् समित्स्रुवं सोमं पवित्रं परिधीनपि। यज्ञियानि च द्रव्याणि यज्ञीयांश्च तथानलान् ।। ३५.

He made the sacrificial posts, the kindling sticks, the ladle, Soma, the purifier, the enclosing sticks, the sacrificial materials, and likewise the sacrificial fires.

सदस्यान् यजमानांश्च अश्वमेधान् क्रतूत्तमान्। विबभ्राज पुरा यश्च पारमेष्ठ्येन कर्म्मणा ।। ३५.

He who formerly shone forth with the supreme act, creating the officiating priests, the sacrificers, and the excellent sacrifices such as the Aśvamedha.

युगानुरूपं यः कृत्वा त्रील्लोँकान् हि यथाक्रमम्। क्षणा निमेषाः काष्ठाश्च कलास्त्रैकालमेव च ।। ३५.

He who, adapting to each age, created the three worlds in due order, and likewise moments, twinklings, kāṣṭhās, kalās, and the threefold time.

मुहूर्त्तास्तिथयो मासा दिनसंवत्सरास्तथा। ऋतवः कालयोगाश्च प्रमाणं त्रिविधन्तथा ।। ३५.

He made the muhūrtas, lunar days, months, days, years, seasons, conjunctions of time, and likewise the threefold measure.

आयुः क्षेत्राण्युपचयं लक्षणं रूपसौष्ठवम्। मेधा वित्तं च शौर्य्यञ्च शास्त्रस्यैव च पारणम् ।। ३५.

He established lifespan, fields, growth, marks, beauty of form, intelligence, wealth, valor, and the mastery of scripture.

त्रयो वर्णास्त्रयो लोकास्त्रैविद्यं पावकास्त्रयः। त्रैकाल्यं त्रीणि कर्म्माणि तिस्रो मायास्त्रयो गुणाः ।। ३५.

The three castes, the three worlds, the triple knowledge, the three fires, the three times, the three acts, the three māyās, and the three qualities were created by him.

सृष्टा लोकाः सुराश्चैव येनात्यन्तेन कर्म्मणा। सर्व्वभूतगणाः सृष्टाः सर्व्वभूतगणात्मना ।। ३५.

By whose supreme act the worlds and the gods were created, and all the hosts of beings, he who is the soul of all beings.

नृणामिन्द्रियपूर्व्वेण योगेन रमते च यः । गतागतानां यो नेता सर्व्वत्र विविधेश्वरः ।। ३५.

He who delights through the yoga of the senses in men, who is the leader of the coming and going of all, the lord of all diversity everywhere.

यो गतिर्धर्मयुक्तानामगतिः पापकर्म्मणाम्। चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य प्रभवश्चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य रक्षिता ।। ३५.

He is the path for those who are righteous, and the absence of path for those who perform evil deeds; the origin of the fourfold order, and the protector of the fourfold order.

चातुर्विद्यस्य यो वेत्ता चतुराश्रमसंश्रयः। दिगन्तरं नभो भूमिरापो वायुर्विभावसुः ।। ३५.

He is the knower of the four Vedas, the refuge of the four stages of life; the directions, the sky, the earth, the waters, the wind, and the fire.

चन्द्रसूर्य्यद्वयं ज्योतिर्युगेशः क्षणदाचरः। यः परः श्रूयते देवो यः परं श्रूयते तपः ।। ३५.

The two lights, the moon and the sun; the lord of the ages, the wanderer of the night; he who is called the supreme god, he who is called the supreme austerity.

यः परन्तपसः प्राहुर्यः परम्परमात्मवान्। आदित्यादिस्तु यो देवो यश्च दैत्यान्तको विभुः ।। ३५.

He who is said to be the highest of ascetics, who is the supreme, the supreme self-possessed; who is the god beginning with the Adityas, and who is the mighty destroyer of the Daityas.